| 词条 | Earl Zindars |
| 释义 |
| name = Earl Zindars | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = non_performing_personnel | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|9|25|mf=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2005|8|15|1927|9|25}} |death_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.A. | origin = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | genre = Jazz, classical | occupation = Composer | associated_acts = Bill Evans }}{{moresources|date=February 2019}} Earl Zindars (September 25, 1927 – August 15, 2005) was an American composer of jazz and classical music. BiographyChicago-born Earl Zindars graduated from DePaul University and went on to earn a master's degree in Music Composition from Northwestern University. He studied with Dr. Leon Stein and Wallingford Riegger, and earned a Fulbright Scholarship to attend Oxford University, where he studied with Edmund Rubbra. Postgraduate work was at Columbia University with Dr. Otto Luening. Fellowships include Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the Huntington Hartford Foundation. Zindars received numerous commissions and awards throughout his career, including the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He was also the recipient of Broadcast Music, Inc.'s Jazz Pioneer Award, given in recognition of his "long and outstanding contributions to the world of jazz."{{cn|date=February 2019}} His long association with Bill Evans produced several recordings on the pianist's albums. Evans particularly favored "Elsa" and "How My Heart Sings," which evolved into jazz standards over the pianist's prolific recording career. A 1962 album by the Evans trio was entitled How My Heart Sings! In recognition of Evans's connection with the song and its evocative title; Peter Pettinger also used it as the title of his acclaimed 1998 biography of Bill Evans.[1] Evans recorded other pieces by Zindars, including "Mother of Earl" (Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival), "Quiet Light" (I Will Say Goodbye), and "Sareen Jurer" (Since We Met). Zindars' music has also been featured on the albums of numerous other jazz greats, including Cannonball Adderley, Donald Byrd, Eddie Daniels, Philly Joe Jones, Dino Saluzzi, and Tony Williams. In 2003, pianist Bill Cunliffe brought out a CD entitled How My Heart Sings, dedicating it exclusively to the music of Earl Zindars. The CD enjoyed several weeks ranked among JazzWeek′s top 10. Zindars's extensive discography numbers nearly 100 albums and continues to grow. Cunliffe described Zindars' contribution: He (Zindars) was an interesting composer in that he was one of the first, along with Brubeck, to write songs where the time signature changes. For example, on 'How My Heart Sings,' the first part of the song is in a waltz feel, but the middle part of the tune is in a 4/4, medium, swing jazz feel. That was very, very innovative for the fifties. Very few guys were doing that. His music is very interesting harmonically as well and he has a really strong melodic sense. He's a very good composer.––Bill Cunliffe.[2] Zindars's classical compositions have been performed by the International Chamber Orchestra of Rome (Italy), San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony Brass, San Jose Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Chamber Players, and various brass ensembles around the world.{{cn|date=February 2019}} He was living in New York when he met Anne Bohigian, whose first name is "Annig" in Armenian. She was a jazz singer headlining at Radio City Music Hall with a group called "The Axidentals". Zindars was a timpanist in the orchestra. In between shows, they shared the only available rehearsal room. Six months later, they were married. Shortly thereafter, they moved to San Francisco, where they put down roots and raised their two daughters.{{cn|date=February 2019}} He taught music composition and theory for six years at San Francisco State University and performed with the Ernie Heckshire Orchestra at the Venetian Room in San Francisco's landmark Fairmont Hotel. A great lover of the outdoors, he looked forward to Sunday afternoons where he was the longtime timpanist of the San Francisco Golden Gate Park Band. He was also an avid rose gardener. In 2003, Alisa Clancy, host of KCSM 91.1FM Bay Area Jazz Station's Desert Island Jazz program, chose Zindars to be a featured "castaway". Based on the BBC radio series Desert Island Discs,[3] the show challenges each castaway to pare life down to its bare essentials by allowing them to select eight pieces of music to accompany them on a deserted island. In addition, they can choose one book and one luxury item. You can view Zindars's selections on KCSM's Desert Island Jazz page: Zindars, who expressed himself more through his music than words, composed his final composition less than a month before dying in his Richmond District home. It was called "Roses for Annig" and was dedicated to his wife of 43 years.[4] References1. ^Pettinger, Peter (2002) [1999]. Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings, Yale University Press. {{ISBN|0-300-09727-1}}. 2. ^{{cite news|author=Fred Jung|title=A Fireside Chat With Bill Cunliffe|publisher=All About Jazz|quote=When I was a kid, I was listening mostly to classical music because my dad had a lot of it in the house. I listened to all the stuff that was on the radio in the Sixties and Seventies.|year=2010|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/a-fireside-chat-with-bill-cunliffe-bill-cunliffe-by-aaj-staff.php?pg=2|accessdate=June 7, 2010}} 3. ^Desert Island Jazz, KCSM. 4. ^Guthrie, Julien, "Earl Zindars -- jazz, classical composer", San Francisco Chronicle; accessed February 4, 2019. External links
Further reading
| last = Pettinger | first = Peter | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings | publisher = Yale University Press | origyear= 1999 | year = 2002 | edition = New | isbn = 0-300-09727-1 }}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Zindars, Earl}} 12 : American jazz composers|Male jazz composers|DePaul University alumni|Bienen School of Music alumni|Alumni of the University of Oxford|Columbia University fellows|1927 births|2005 deaths|Musicians from Chicago|20th-century American composers|Jazz musicians from Illinois|20th-century male musicians |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。